Board of Directors

TASSC International Board of Directors

Kifah Abdi, President (survivor of torture)

Social worker and immigration court interpreter from Minneapolis MN

Janice Christensen, Vice President

Direct mail consultant from Martha’s Vineyard MA

Anthony Ibeagha, Treasurer (survivor of torture)

Accountant from Chicago IL

Dr. Mary Fabri

Clinical psychologist and director of the Marjorie Kovler Center for the Treatment of Torture Survivors, from Chicago IL

Dilkhwaz Ahmed (survivor of torture)

Psychologist in community counseling, and women’s rights activist from San Diego CA

Professor Terry Coonan (U.S. survivor of torture in Chile)

Lawyer, director of the Human Rights program, Florida State University from Tallahassee FL

Pat Davis, Secretary

Former director of the Guatemala Human Rights Commission, playwright and co-author with Sr. Dianna Ortiz of The Blindfold’s Eyes, from Washington DC

Tom Gardner (U.S. survivor of torture in Guatemala)

Community activist and community radio promoter from Lincoln NE

Mary Harding (U.S. survivor of torture in Bolivia)

Nurse and social worker from Washington DC

Rebecca Kurz

Psychologist and community organizer from Nashville TN

Paul Peckham

Natural medicine distributor from Walpole, MA

Advisory Board

Jennifer Harbury, LLP

Human rights lawyer from Washington DC

Doug Spaulding

TASSC lawyer from Washington DC